Francesca Capaldi Books

Waitress Lili Probert - a young woman who escaped her demanding family in Wales in search of a new life in Sussex - has seen her hard work rewarded at the hotel, but hides heartbreak behind her sunny personality. Her sweetheart, Norman, is missing in action and has been presumed dead, but she can't give up hope that he may be found. But when she meets injured soldier Rhodri, a fellow Welshman now living near Littlehampton, she fights hard to ignore her growing attraction for him, torn between her feelings for him and her loyalty to the man she thought she'd spend her life with. But her emotions run ever higher when she suddenly receives a call from home; her mother is gravely ill and Lili is needed for her care. Lili must make a difficult choice. Follow her dreams and make her own life, or return to the place she tried so hard to escape?

November 1915. For young housemaid, Anwen Rhys, life is hard in the Welsh mining village of Dorcalon, deep in the Rhymney Valley. She cares for her ill mother and beloved younger sister Sara, all while shielding them from her father's drunken, violent temper. Anwen comforts herself with her love for childhood sweetheart, Idris Hughes, away fighting in the Great War. Yet when Idris returns, he is a changed man; no longer the innocent boy she loved, he is harder, more distant, quickly breaking off their engagement. And when tragedy once again strikes her family, Anwen's heart is completely broken. But when an explosion at the pit brings unimaginable heartache to Dorcalon, Anwen and Idris put their feelings aside to unite their mining community. In the midst of despair, can Anwen find hope again? And will she ever find the happiness she deserves? A beautiful, emotional and heart-breaking saga set in the Welsh Valleys of the Great War that fans of Nadine Dorries, Rosie Goodwin and Sheila Newbury will love.

Dark Days at the Beach Hotel - sees Manager Helen Bygrove managing the hotel after her husband is conscripted. But after poison pen letters are sent about various prominent business people in the town, suspicion falls upon the staff of the Beach Hotel and Helen finds herself drawn into a police investigation.